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maureen in the audience was struck not only by how tough he was talking about clinton's morality, but here they were in new york, the state hillary clinton represented, and the audience seemed very enthusiastic about the notion of that criticism of hillary clinton. over a long period of time, maureen was lobbying david geffen to take what he said at that event and amplify it in an interview with. she was in california at the night before david geffen was to host a fund-raiser for barack obama and she convinces him to do the interview. host: what year is this? guest: 2007. barack obama has gotten into the race and has created a lot of excitement, and in communities that are vitally important if you are trying to become the democratic nominee for president, hollywood, new york, liberal circles, hillary was trying to not let obama rise up as a major competitor to her. for david given to agree to host this fund-raiser was a big blow to the clintons but they were desperate to try to overshadow that. it showed that a hollywood support and the democratic party would not be monolithic. again,
maureen in the audience was struck not only by how tough he was talking about clinton's morality, but here they were in new york, the state hillary clinton represented, and the audience seemed very enthusiastic about the notion of that criticism of hillary clinton. over a long period of time, maureen was lobbying david geffen to take what he said at that event and amplify it in an interview with. she was in california at the night before david geffen was to host a fund-raiser for barack obama...
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we have a very interesting story about david geffen and maureen dowd and a devastating column that maureen dowd wrote in the early part of the nomination, how that came to be, how this hollywood mogul and this "new york times" columnist bill is one of the first blows to -- dealt one of the first blows to hillary clinton's inevitability. host: she was trying to write that column before she got him to agree to do it. guest: an interesting case of two not only prominent people, but iconic people, it the most prominent "new york times" column is about time -- it columnist of our time, and david geffen, this incredibly influential hollywood figure. he was the head out atf dreamworks and he had turned against the clintons but he was unhappy with the clintons' choice of pardons, not granting a pardon that david geffen had lobbied for us. david geffen had turned on the clintons and felt that they were, if not actual crop, kind of morally bankrupt. -- if not actually corrupt, kind of marleigh backups. he loved obama. when maureen dowd hurt even given to speak in new york -- heard david geffen speak
we have a very interesting story about david geffen and maureen dowd and a devastating column that maureen dowd wrote in the early part of the nomination, how that came to be, how this hollywood mogul and this "new york times" columnist bill is one of the first blows to -- dealt one of the first blows to hillary clinton's inevitability. host: she was trying to write that column before she got him to agree to do it. guest: an interesting case of two not only prominent people, but...
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we have a very interesting story about david geffen and maureen dowd and a devastating column that maureen dowd wrote in the early part of the nomination, how that came to be, how this hollywood mogul and this "new york times" columnist bill is one of the first blows to -- dealt one of the first blows to hillary clinton's inevitability. host: she was trying to write that column before she got him to agree to do it. guest: an interesting case of two not only prominent people, but iconic people, it the most prominent "new york times" column is about time -- it columnist of our time, and david geffen, this incredibly influential hollywood figure. he was the head out atf dreamworks and he had turned against the clintons but he was unhappy with the clintons' choice of pardons, not granting a pardon that david geffen had lobbied for us. david geffen had turned on the clintons and felt that they were, if not actual crop, kind of morally bankrupt. -- if not actually corrupt, kind of marleigh backups. he loved obama. when maureen dowd hurt even given to speak in new york -- heard david geffen speak
we have a very interesting story about david geffen and maureen dowd and a devastating column that maureen dowd wrote in the early part of the nomination, how that came to be, how this hollywood mogul and this "new york times" columnist bill is one of the first blows to -- dealt one of the first blows to hillary clinton's inevitability. host: she was trying to write that column before she got him to agree to do it. guest: an interesting case of two not only prominent people, but...
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does that sell to somebody like maureen? guest: you have to discredit the republican ideas at this point if you're a democratic. there's no realtime right now before novemb for a legislative fix. we know the house and senate are going to bin session for three weeks and go home and campaign. there is not time to get things done on capitol hill. it's u to democrats and president obama to discredit republican ideas as much as they can before the election. is president obama going to offer any solution himself? the problem for democrats is the cake is pretty much baked. you haven't seen the kind of economic recovery that they wanted to see over the summer. host: we wanted to let our viewers know about the outlook section of the washington post. chuck schumer writes a long piece this morning about if democrats don't want to relive a disastrous 1994 year, that they should steal a page from the gop playbook from 1980 to. kentucky, democratic line, go ahead. caller: i want to make a comment, and i'll getff and listen. i think the an
does that sell to somebody like maureen? guest: you have to discredit the republican ideas at this point if you're a democratic. there's no realtime right now before novemb for a legislative fix. we know the house and senate are going to bin session for three weeks and go home and campaign. there is not time to get things done on capitol hill. it's u to democrats and president obama to discredit republican ideas as much as they can before the election. is president obama going to offer any...
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let me begin by thanking the new first lady in the room, more rain mcdonnell -- maureen mcdonald. she is already very engaged and support of of these initiatives and said she is so close, i am counting on her to work alongside on some of these issues. we will meet in one month at the governor's gala, whatever they call it. be ready to dance. welcome aboard. congressman moran, i want to thank you for your work in this area. i look forward to working with you. are steps are already talking about some things you have been working on for a long time. we are grateful for your leadership and concern and focus. mayor euell, you have been opposed to me and -- in your great city and you have done wonderful work in this area. i had a terrific time addressing the national conference of mayors and got a very good response from your colleagues. i know the mayors in this country stand ready to work on this issue. they are seeing the effects of what everyone on this floor has talked about in terms of child obesity and they are ready to make some changes. also, dr. palfrey, it is an honor to have
let me begin by thanking the new first lady in the room, more rain mcdonnell -- maureen mcdonald. she is already very engaged and support of of these initiatives and said she is so close, i am counting on her to work alongside on some of these issues. we will meet in one month at the governor's gala, whatever they call it. be ready to dance. welcome aboard. congressman moran, i want to thank you for your work in this area. i look forward to working with you. are steps are already talking about...
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we have a very interesting story about david geffen and maureen dowd and a devastating column that maureen dowd wrote in the early part of the nomination, how that came to be, how this hollywood mogul and this "new york times" columnist bill is one of the first blows to -- dealt one of the first blows to hillary clinton's inevitability. host: she was trying to write that column before she got him to agree to do it. guest:@@ it was two iconic, prominent people. "the new york times" columnist and david geffin, who worked with other big supports of the clintons. david stayed in the lincoln bedroom. he like many prominent liberals had turned against the clintons, he was unhappy with president clinton's choice of pardons at the end of his second term, not granting a pardon david had lobbied for, so geffen turned on the clintons and felt they were, if not actually corrupt, they were kind of morally bankrupt he love odd because ma, saw him speak at the democratic convention in 2004, reached out to him, started a relationship with him. when maureen dowd heard david geffen speak and get a question
we have a very interesting story about david geffen and maureen dowd and a devastating column that maureen dowd wrote in the early part of the nomination, how that came to be, how this hollywood mogul and this "new york times" columnist bill is one of the first blows to -- dealt one of the first blows to hillary clinton's inevitability. host: she was trying to write that column before she got him to agree to do it. guest:@@ it was two iconic, prominent people. "the new york...
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does that sell to somebody like maureen? guest: you have to discredit the republican ideas at this point if you're a democratic. there's no realtime right now before november for a legislative fix. we know the house and senate are going to be in session for three weeks and go home and campaign. there is not time to get things done on capitol hill. it's up to democrats and president obama to discredit republican ideas as much as they can before the election. is president obama going to offer any solution himself? the problem for democrats is the cake is pretty much baked. you haven't seen the kind of economic recovery that they wanted to see over the summer. host: we wanted to let our viewers know about the outlook section of the washington post. chuck schumer writes a long piece this morning about if democrats don't want to relive a disastrous 1994 year, that they should steal a page from the gop playbook from 1980 to. kentucky, democratic line, go ahead. caller: i want to make a comment, and i'll get off and listen. i think
does that sell to somebody like maureen? guest: you have to discredit the republican ideas at this point if you're a democratic. there's no realtime right now before november for a legislative fix. we know the house and senate are going to be in session for three weeks and go home and campaign. there is not time to get things done on capitol hill. it's up to democrats and president obama to discredit republican ideas as much as they can before the election. is president obama going to offer any...
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i especially thank vivian and maureen who left their families and gave up precious time with their children to come to washington to support me in these efforts. i'm also thankful to the people whwork in our state office. time and time again when i travel around florida, i am encountered by people who have received such a warm reception from the men and women who serve usn florida and help people deal with problems with the federal government. i am grateful for their work. senator mcconnell has provided me with opportunities beyond my expectations. he is a great leader, and i am grateful to him. senators alexander, burr, cornyn, kyl, mccain, corker, many others have taken me under their wing and mentored me, and i am appreciative of them. chairman rockefeller and levin, i thank for the work in your committees. senators whitehouse, baucus, we have worked together in a commonsense way to pass legislation that' good for the american people, and i am appreciative of your efforts. senator mel martinez ably held the seat before me. he has been generous in his advi and counsel. senator nelson and
i especially thank vivian and maureen who left their families and gave up precious time with their children to come to washington to support me in these efforts. i'm also thankful to the people whwork in our state office. time and time again when i travel around florida, i am encountered by people who have received such a warm reception from the men and women who serve usn florida and help people deal with problems with the federal government. i am grateful for their work. senator mcconnell has...
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first of all, thank you, jane and maureen. it is an honor for national geographic to receive this award and to be here tonight for this celebration. how fortunate we are that louis was so persistent, and told us so many years ago that we needed to meet and then support an amazing young woman who wanted to study chimpanzees in africa. it was quite a leap of faith, but 26 grants, 25 "national geographic" articles, four books later, i think that you would agree with me that it was well worth taking. i want to say a few words about national geographic. people often are surprised when i tell them that national geographic is not a media company. our mission is not to publish magazines. our mission is not to produce television programs, even though i see some of our television producers out there. sorry. when we were founded in 1888, our mission was to increase geographic knowledge. that meant we were going to explore. over a century now, we have been sending adventuress men and women to every point on the planet exploring. that orig
first of all, thank you, jane and maureen. it is an honor for national geographic to receive this award and to be here tonight for this celebration. how fortunate we are that louis was so persistent, and told us so many years ago that we needed to meet and then support an amazing young woman who wanted to study chimpanzees in africa. it was quite a leap of faith, but 26 grants, 25 "national geographic" articles, four books later, i think that you would agree with me that it was well...
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and kim writes in the new york daily news, more on robert gibbs, and maureen dowd saying "it's time for robert gibbs to step down as press secretary." kim writes "gibbs isn't immune from being can fire department he screws up but his recent ways of con contentious comments doesn't rise to the level of dismissal. there is no truth that i have offered an inflatable exit, and on the democrats' line, dwight from new orleans. host: please go ahead. caller: we shouldn't blame republicans or democrats. i fault the media. the media isn't reporting the real story, because the republicans, ever since ronald reagan was in office, their goal was to bankrupt the country. that's why they put tax cuts in. that's why he they increased spending, because their goal is to get rid of every social program that they don't like and if the country is in trouble and they cut social programs, that was their goal. ronald reagan was against social security and medicare and the republican philosophy, they want to get rid of welfare, social security, medicare and they're still trying to do it, so if the media would
and kim writes in the new york daily news, more on robert gibbs, and maureen dowd saying "it's time for robert gibbs to step down as press secretary." kim writes "gibbs isn't immune from being can fire department he screws up but his recent ways of con contentious comments doesn't rise to the level of dismissal. there is no truth that i have offered an inflatable exit, and on the democrats' line, dwight from new orleans. host: please go ahead. caller: we shouldn't blame...
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maureen dowd's article, when she heard you lie -- you have to put boley on the end of it. the second thing, there is sort of an undercurrent of racism it seems to me. while it is unfashionable to express our racism, so we sort of sublimate it into tea party is and so on and so forth. host: in the interest of time, i think we understand your direction and we will give the congressman a chance to respond. guest: a couple of things. here again, expressing what we hear continually. the american people are tired of talk. they want to see action and they wanted to see problem solved their and they want it laid out clearly. give a time line of how we are going to move forward to address some of these problems. now, when it comes to being the party of no, which is something the mainstream media many times likes to say, well, the republicans are the party of no. i'd like to say, no, we are the party of know. know what is in this legislation. know what is in these bills. we are against these policies that are being brought forward. increasing taxes is not a good policy. that is not
maureen dowd's article, when she heard you lie -- you have to put boley on the end of it. the second thing, there is sort of an undercurrent of racism it seems to me. while it is unfashionable to express our racism, so we sort of sublimate it into tea party is and so on and so forth. host: in the interest of time, i think we understand your direction and we will give the congressman a chance to respond. guest: a couple of things. here again, expressing what we hear continually. the american...
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host: maureen dowd rights and "the new york times" that the people who've testified in the first panel, one of them being mr. fabrice tourre, fabulous fab, that he calls himself and refers to in e-mails the committee read yesterday, she talked about the first panel in her column and said she thought that they came across very arrogant. guest: they did. it is something there that -- iit is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. it is uniformly painful to go in front of these senators who are going to say what they want to say regardless. these guys held on to some sort of resolve of arrogance. obviously they did not want to be there. it was just a terrible day for the goldman sachs name did you mention fabulous fab -- a strange pop culture references, millie the nellie, one of them was named fab -- millie vanilli, and they had a song that said blame it on the reagan. -- blame it on the rain. host: you mentioned senator mccaskill, one part of our q&a -- the q&a where she said there could be other ceo's up here with you. it is not just your firm. maybe it is a bit unfair that goldman sachs is the on
host: maureen dowd rights and "the new york times" that the people who've testified in the first panel, one of them being mr. fabrice tourre, fabulous fab, that he calls himself and refers to in e-mails the committee read yesterday, she talked about the first panel in her column and said she thought that they came across very arrogant. guest: they did. it is something there that -- iit is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. it is uniformly painful to go in front of these senators who are...
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and for another perspective, we have askkd marine money to join us tonight -- maureen mahoney to join us tonight. she has won 22 of the cases that she has argued before the court. she is known as recently for presenting the university of michigan and the affirmative action case that she won. her first case before the court was in 1988 and also brings varying perspectives because she served as a clerk to the justice william rehnquist and served as a time as deputy solicitor general. thanks for being here. as our panelists take their seats, i would like to do this. the book is edited transcripts of the interviews that we have recorded. we have picked a number of them tonight so that you can continue to hear the justices in their own words. first, we're going to start with the big news, which is the new appointment of elena kagan. what is interesting is that the court was on an 11-year stretch with those changes what -- with no changes. since 2005, there are new appointments to the court. each of the justices talk to us about the dynamics on the court and how it changes when a new member
and for another perspective, we have askkd marine money to join us tonight -- maureen mahoney to join us tonight. she has won 22 of the cases that she has argued before the court. she is known as recently for presenting the university of michigan and the affirmative action case that she won. her first case before the court was in 1988 and also brings varying perspectives because she served as a clerk to the justice william rehnquist and served as a time as deputy solicitor general. thanks for...